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Original research article

Music therapy spanning from NICU to home: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Israeli parents’ experiences in the LongSTEP Trial

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Pages 373-396 | Received 22 Jun 2022, Accepted 25 Jan 2023, Published online: 09 Mar 2023

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